Economy
New Internationalist provides comprehensive analysis on burgeoning corporate power and its impact on people and planet, as well as ideas on how we can change our economies for the better.
On this page, readers will find extensive coverage on the social movements – working on both a micro and macro-level – to critique and challenge capitalism – from garment factory unions in Bangladesh to rail staff striking against cuts in the name of ‘modernization’, as well as the causes of the global cost of living crisis.
Conclusion
Chocolate saves the world !
At the end of the trail Richard Swift takes a look at the magic bean to see if it can be persuaded to work better for everyone.
Globalization: An Alternative View
You don't have to see the world through the eyes of the market, says David Ransom.
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Columbus and the colonial legacy
new internationalist
issue 226 - December 1991
Hidden History
Columbus & the colonial legacy -
IMF whistleblower: 'We make or break human life every day of every year'
'We make or break human life every day of every year as probably no other force on earth has ever done in the past or will ever do again.' Strangely enough these are the words of an economist from the International Monetary Fund. Anthony Swift
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A tale of two crises
There are two crises of the environment. For the majority in the developed world, there is a crisis of ‘too much’; for the developing world a crisis of 'too little'.
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